Breaking rule 12.

ziva is involved

"Why would Mossad even want you dead Ziva?" McGee asked, we were all crammed into the living room again and to pass the time Abby, Palmer and Duckie were playing a game of cheat.

"Many reasons. My father is dead, I have no family there, nothing to tie me down, no one to stop anyone coming after me." I said.

"You didn't answer The question." Abby pointed out, glancing up from her cards.

I sighed and looked to Gibbs, he didn't say anything just nodded slightly, "some people will still want justice for the death of Mossad agents at the hands of NCIS,"

"Rifkin." Tony muttered.

"Yes,"

"But Tony killed him not you, why would they come after you?"

"Thank you Palmer." Tony breathed, glaring across to him.

"Because I would protect him if they did. And because I'm Mossad's link to NCIS and the new director who ever that may be probably wont want a member of Mossad working with the Americans." I explained, lifting up my head so strands of my hair flew behind my shoulders.

"Even so? How do you know the guys who attacked you were Mossad?" McGee asked again.

"I am familiar with Mossad Kidnappings and torture McGee."

A silence floated over the room like a soup, it was thick so that no one spoke for a while.

Until Gibbs broke it:

"The case. Who killed the Sigton family? Where did the debt come from? why does the Navy think they were KIA? And does this relate to Ziva?"

"Mossad would not have any interest in this case. None at all." I said.

"We need to take another look at their hotel rooms." Gibbs said.

"So we're actually allowed to leave this place?" Tony asked

"Sure."

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TONY'S POV

Arriving at the hotel Ziva and McGee went to search Alexs room 13A whilst Gibbs and I searched 23A, Ian's room.

"This room hasn't been touched right? It's been left exactly as it was?" I asked Gibbs, walking into the bathroom that looked spotless.

"Yeah, what's your point Dinozzo?"

"My point Is that where was his toothbrush? Razor? Comb, there was nothing in this bathroom, and abby didn't process any items apart from that one suitcase you found boss," I walked back through to the main room. "there's no suitcase rack, no room service, no full bin. Absolutely nothing."

"Oh I wouldn't say nothing Tony." Gibbs was standing in the wardrobe, I looked through, the back wall was a door.

"I thought the room looked smaller than the one above it. Its Narnia!" I exclaimed climbing through and into the secret room.

"Aren't you a bit old for that Dinozzo?"

"No one is ever too old for movies Gibbs." I stopped and looked around
"You're right. This isn't nothing."

It was insane. The walls were filled with photos of Ziva, stake out photos. Information on where she lived, her land lord. Photos of us, other people on cases where Ziva has had an influence. Her brother, her father, Rifkin were all there.

"Either her kidnapping was Ian and Alex from beyond the grave, or"

"Or their working with Mossad." Gibbs said, as he rang Ziva and telling her to both come down.

"These two were stalking me?" she asked, inspecting all the photos and documents.

"McGee, there's a laptop."

"On it boss,"

"I've never seen them, I would know if someone was stalking me."

"Maybe they paid people to take photos, or said they would get paid. Maybe that's why they were in so much debt." I suggested

"Ian owed the hotel money, maybe he bribed people who needed shelter to stay in a luxury hotel, said he would pay the bills but he never did?" McGee said.

"Alright. So Charlottes death? She shot me. If they were out to get me"

"Are. I think they still are Ziva."

She shuddered at Gibbs comment "if they are out to get me, why kill her?"

"If she was working for them, helping them, " mcGee said sliding the laptop into an evidence bag.

"She was meant to kill you, took her best shot, and most likely was going to spill the beans so they had to tie up lose ends." I said, following Gibbs through to the main room.

"She was the mother of Alex's daughter, Ian's wife. Why kill her?" she asked again.

"She would have betrayed them." Gibbs said.